Third time might be the charm for the big cat charmer — Joe Exotic announced Tuesday that he’s , this time to a fellow inmate.
The 62-year-old “Tiger King” star, real name Joseph Allen Maldonado, announced Tuesday on social media that he and his fiancé had tied the knot.
“Never been more proud of someone. Meet my husband Jorge Flores Maldonado,” Exotic captioned a photo of the jailbirds-turned-lovebirds. The apparently image shows the newlyweds in black tuxedos and white baseball caps, standing beneath a floral archway.
Exotic is serving a 21-year sentence at FMC Fort Worth for multiple charges. He was on animal cruelty charges as well as for trying to hire two different men to kill big cat activist Carole Baskin.
The . “Meet Jorge Marquez he is 33,” Exotic posted at the time. “He is so amazing and is from Mexico.”
Exotic, who is eligible for release in 2026, shared that after the jailbirds-turned-lovebirds married, he’d try to get asylum for his new husband, who KTUL reports is . If the couple can’t get asylum for Flores Maldonado, who is set to be released this year, Exotic said they intend to flee the U.S. once they’re free men.
Exotic, a , has been married at least twice prior, with some outlets reporting him as having five former husbands, including two who overlapped. Exotic in 2022 and the following year, in the John Graham.
